HACKathon CRAZE
Tireless efforts, Tremendous results
Wondering what I’m talking about??
It’s about the two markable events that took place one after the other at KCT, the RIGathon and The Think o Fest Hackathon by Dover.
The RIGathon:
A collaboration of the three most significant platforms at KCT, the Iqube, the Re and the Garage. The RIG team set up an appealing workspace and scheduled all happenings evidently. The idea of RIG itself had a great reach among the students. Many of us had inspiring ideas but not sure of where to exhibit our ideas, only then came up the RIG team with the RIGathon. The RIGathon seemed a platform for many aspiring KCTians to exhibit their talents. The participants were chosen through the brainstorming interview session held by the chief executives of the RIG platform. Those selected weren’t just participants but more vibrantly the RIGy’s of the event.
The RIGy’s took a break from their regular schedule to develop mind-blowing ideas of designing a rover that wanders around KCT, accommodating any possible facility, over an intense 48-hour period. A complete guidance of what the RIGathon would be, was clearly explained on the eve of day 0 and we were split up into teams of six. Not to forget the Network dinner, I dint know a dine with my RIGymates would work out in such a manner, it turned to be “My Team”, in just a night. So it was, to the other RIGy teams. I found all comforting themselves with their RIGymates. Then off to the workspace, where each of us suggesting different ideas.
The most affirmative approach of validating an idea would be a quarrel over which idea would define the best outcome. This approach lead to the best of ideas to be pitched the next morning. Each team lead consolidated their RIGys’ ideas and the notable ones were pitched. The significant ones were selected by the RIG team and the RIGy’s were ready to work on their prototype. The RIGy’s split up their work into different quarters and later incorporated their work to make up the Ultimatum. Each part of the team burnt the midnight oil for the best output. Late-night thinkers enjoyed a 12AM snack to refuel. We saw RIGy’s who lived the whole of 48 hours with Coffee. The funniest moment at the RIGathon was, we waiting for the Pizza to be served. The whole set of RIGy’s were back to back aligned for having pans of Pizza, where each of us were falling-out of who would get earlier.
The contentment blooming on the faces of some RIGy’s who had almost completed their bot was so much fascinating to see. The happiness of walking out of the work-space completing the rover was priceless. There were also the other extremes, where the RIGy’s worked until the eleventh hour. A Success or a Failure, the best part, I observed was no one stepped back. Each and every team presented their ideas and their prototypes, the Demo eve, with utmost confidence. Another notable part of RIGathon was that the whole of RIGy set were generous, I found people from other teams helping their opponent team, providing any accessory they needed. The greatest success of any event would be coordination of the event organizers and the participants, which I felt, was abundant at RIGathon.
Every team were given equal guidance and the notable ideas were acknowledged, during the Final Demo. It was for this Final Demo each team burnt the oil for. Each team exhibited their best. The most surprising thing was, eight unique awards were distributed among the most deserving teams. Some RIGy’s were selected to work along with the dream team at KCT, the team KUMKI. From RIGathon, I, as an individual learnt loads say, how to utilize time, how to get on with a team, how to face situations boldly, how not to panic.
The THINK o FEST HACkathon by DOVER:
So now to the Think o fest Hackathon by Dover, where students from three different colleges the KCT, VIT and the PSG were given the problem statements to work on with and to provide the leading solutions off the existing ones. The Hackathon started with the inaugural ceremony that took place the very night, the participants from VIT and PSG assembled at KCT. We had the networking dinner where inter-college and intra-college teams were set up. The next morning the teams tirelessly worked on the problem statement giving out all possible solutions. The healthy competition among the teams lead to the most unique solutions. The students worked round the clock. They were able to figure out the problem statement inch by inch which paved way to the most idiosyncratic solution in a span of 24 hours. Students not only worked on the technical part of the problem statement but also many diversified aspects, say the psychological, the political and various other factors affecting the development of a product. Students were also able to augment the statistical data, the survey undertaken along with their ideas which had a wide reach.
I felt that the ideal concept of Hackathon is the way we encounter time, 1 day might seem small, unless we look into the 24 hours behind it. Even 24 hours seems small when we see 1440 minutes inside it. Utilizing this abundant time, to flourish with all possible ideas would be the noteworthy success, which was achieved in this Hackathon. The necessary supplements were accessible at anytime. The 24/7 reliable service provided at KCT was remarkable. The Dover executives considered each and every idea that was pitched and suggested their views. The ideas pitched were distinctive. The best among the best were examined and selected.
Obviously there were tremendous outputs, for the students’ tireless inputs. Both the RIGathon and the THINK o FEST Hackathon by Dover, had a great reach than the expected. I enjoyed being a part of both the events and livelier to say “happy to be a part of KCT”. Such great opportunity to all vibrant beginners would be the first success KCT would own.
